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Book SynopsisThe first biography of Richard DâOyly Carte, this is a critical survey of the career of the impresario whose ambitions went beyond the famous partnership of Gilbert and Sullivan. Errors and misconceptions in current literature are challenged and corrected to give a truer portrayal of one of the most influential music theatre promoters in the nineteenth century.
Trade Review‘Seeley’s scrupulous research ensures that Richard D’Oyly Carte’s importance to English opera will not in future be so easily overlooked.’ Christopher Webber, Opera, March 2021
Table of Contents1. Ancestry 2. Apprenticeship 3. The Comedy Opera Company 4. Celebrity Lecture Tours 5. The first Savoy Operas 6. The Savoy Hotel 7. The Royal English Opera House 8. The later Savoy Operas 9. Legacy and Posterity
